German study: 16.5% say Jewish people of want to ‘take advantage’ of Nazi past

Far-right extremists gather to commemorate the death of Adolf Hitler's deputy, Rudolf Hess, in Berlin's western district of Spandau, on August 19, 2017. (Maurizio Gambarini/dpa via AP)
Far-right extremists gather to commemorate the death of Adolf Hitler's deputy, Rudolf Hess, in Berlin's western district of Spandau, on August 19, 2017. (Maurizio Gambarini/dpa via AP)

A German study on growing rightwing extremist views in the country finds a comparable rise in antisemitic views, including 16.5% of the population who accuse Jewish people of wanting to “take advantage” of the Nazi past, the Guardian reports.

The biannual study by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation found that 8% of the population had a distinctly right-wing extremist view of the world.

The study finds that that those who want a single-party and authoritarian-led state (the word used in the study was führer), rose from 2% to 4% in 2014-2021, to 6% now.

 

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